On Mon, 16 Oct 1995, AlberCrombie wrote:

Ok....I just got around to reading the story, Hitomi and I have a few
questions.

1) what is the general flavor of the series past the first chapter or two?

Basically, it flips back and forth between two girls who are caught 
between the modern world and the ancient one.  Keiko make appearances 
from time to time and Mita ends up teaching at their school.  Mita is of 
a more modern mind, but has managed to keep a lot of the ancient ways.  
She is not too happy with men however.

2) why did you set up most of the characters so anti-male and anti-american?

The anti-male attitude was to reflect a society dedicated to the 
protection of women and a little bit because of some of the things which 
have happened in Japanese history.  As for the anti-americanism, that was 
just to reflect some of the attitudes that happened to take place just 
after ww2.  This is an attitude some of the older generation still have.

3) how would you discribe the average reader of the series (I know you gave
age range, I'm looking for personality types, etc).

I have no idea.  I do not keep track of those things.  Oneechan probably 
has the figures on those.  I'll ask her if you want.

You've struck some strong cords with me on this one and I want to give you
my views, but I've learned to gather my facts before I present a case. so if
you could answer these questions, I'll feel better when I do give my opinion
- so I don't make a complete ass out of myself.

Well, it was sort of a spoof on my life.  I am not that ditzy.

Ichinohei Hitomi
Hitomi@escape.ca